RE: Danes v Swedes v Norwegians

Norwegians think they are superior to Swedes and hope they are superior to Danes, both views expressed frequently to the point that they reveal their inferiority complex.

Swedes know with a vengeance that they are superior to both Norwegians and Danes but out of a sense of social neighbourliness don't rub it in, to such an extent that they reveal their superiority complex.

Danes have tried out being superior to both Norwegians and Swedes in the past but have grown tired of it and have concentrated instead on producing beer, to the extent that their most complex problem (prior to certain humorous caricatures that went down like a lead balloon in some quarters) was how to maintain the standard of probably the best beer in the world (superior beer complex in other words).

RE: RE: Danes v Swedes v Norwegians

Can't say much about the Danes other than they play some good football. The Swedes sole purpose in life is to not lose to the English in football. Norway has Norge written on their football kit. (Where I come from, we refer to the butt crack above the beltline when plumber is working under your sink as norge...)

RE: RE: Danes v Swedes v Norwegians

RE: RE: Danes v Swedes v Norwegians

The three like to fight among themselves like siblings, but if they meet somewhere else in the world, they stick together and act like they're from the same country. Noticing a difference is hard for a stranger.A funny thing is from back when satellite TV was new; a Swedish channel was viewed in all three countries. There was a Danish ad on this Swedish channel that welcomed Norwegians to vacation in Denmark

RE: RE: Danes v Swedes v Norwegians

OK, let's compare the contributions these countries have given the world...

Sweden gave us dynomite.Norway gave us aerosol spray cans.Finland gave us Finlandia vodka and mobile telephones.Denmark gave us Lego.

Ok, to sum it up, Sweden wants to blow up the world, Norway wants to destroy the ozone layer and scorch the world, Finland wants us to drive drunk while using our cell phones (deadly) and Denmark wants the world to step on hard sharp pieces of plastic while we walk around in our bare feet.

It's a tough call, but I'm going to say that Denmark is slightly less evil than the rest of those Nordic evil-doers.

RE: RE: Danes v Swedes v Norwegians

Very scholarly, RD. With that kind of logic...lets look at Canada. They gave us hockey and Tim Hortons. It is okay to knock you front teeth out as long has you can be nourished by a big sticky bear claw and cup of coffee. Did I get that right?

RE: RE: Danes v Swedes v Norwegians

The trouble with staplers is they run out of stapels. I hate it when that happens. Just imagine the moment when you in a hurry want to staple some papers together and nothing happens! It's a very frustrating moment...If the swedes invented that, then it must have been just to annoy us

RE: RE: Danes v Swedes v Norwegians

OK, how does it go?Two each of Swedes, Norwegians, Finns and Danes are shipwrecked together.Quickly, the Danes form a collective which administers the Finns in chopping down some trees, then they get together with the Norwegians to make ships from the lumber, in which the Norwegians pilot them all to safety, leaving behind the Swedes, who are still waiting for somebody to introduce them to each other.Or something like that.

RE: Danes v Swedes v Norwegians

"During the seventh and eighth centuries, the Swedes were merchant seamen well known for their far-reaching trade. In the ninth century, Nordic Vikings raided and ravaged the European Continent as far as the Black and Caspian Seas. During the 11th and 12th centuries, Sweden gradually became a unified Christian kingdom that later included Finland. Queen Margaret of Denmark united all the Nordic lands in the "Kalmar Union" in 1397. Continual tension within the countries and within the union gradually led to open conflict between the Swedes and the Danes in the 15th century. The union's final disintegration in the early 16th century brought on a long-lived rivalry between Norway and Denmark on one side and Sweden and Finland on the other."